Gao Taotao came here mainly to see his two sons. Zhao Hao and Zhao Wei are also extraordinary. Zhao Hao organized a large group of financial talents and compiled the "Financial Outline of Historical Dynasties" based on Su You's "Economics Outline". "History of Planning", "History of Finance", "On State Use", "Comprehensive Collection of Tax System".

Zhao Kai's research topic predates the establishment of the Capital University, and now he has finally presented more than 800 volumes of "Yuanyou's Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Emperor's Medical Codex".

In addition to conducting theoretical research, the Academy of Fine Arts and the School of Liberal Arts mostly use their works to speak for themselves. In addition to a large number of traditional works and paintings, what particularly surprised Gao Taotao were the wax figures of the Academy of Fine Arts and the dramas of the School of Liberal Arts.

However, the Academy of Fine Arts did not dare to mess around. It only created statues of Sakyamuni, Laozi, and Confucius, which were almost exactly like real people. Gao Taotao was shocked at first sight.

Gao Taotao felt novelties everywhere here. The most amazing thing was that Zhang Tianshi showed two devices related to electricity.

One is a demonstration instrument for the existence of electromagnetic wires, which looks like a basin with an insulated electrode in the middle.

Pour salt water into the basin and turn on the electricity. There will be no change in the basin.

However, when you put the chopped duck down powder into the basin, you will find that the salt water is actually spinning magically, driving the duck down powder to rotate around the electrode in the basin.

If the electrodes are switched, the duck down seems to experience a resistance, gradually stops, and then starts to rotate in the opposite direction.

If this thing has no use other than demonstrating phenomena, another thing is powerful.

It was a small glass ball filled with nitrogen, an inert gas prepared from ammonium chloride and sodium nitrite.

There are two electrodes sealed in the glass ball, and a thin carbon wire is connected between the electrodes.

After being powered on, the carbon filaments release incandescent light, illuminating the entire laboratory!

Carbon filament lamp!

In Gao Taotao's eyes, this thing is simply magic. With this, the investment of the Capital University is not in vain!

But the surprise is not over yet.

The works of the Conservatory of Music must be appreciated in the auditorium of the Capital College, where the largest musical instrument in mankind today - the pipe organ has been added.

The pipe organ has a loud volume, majestic momentum, extremely wide range, beautiful and solemn timbre, and diverse contrasts. It can imitate the effects of orchestral instruments and play rich harmonies.

For different movements, the pipe organ needs to be replaced with corresponding whistles and reeds. A recent major project of the Conservatory of Music is to adapt many instruments that can be played jointly by pipe organ, silk, bamboo, gongs, bells, drums, bugles and other instruments. Music club symphony music.

The rules of elegant music are so great that the Conservatory of Music has divided it into three categories, namely ancient elegant music, Tang Dynasty elegant music and modern elegant music.

Ancient elegant music includes six parts of music and dance: "Yunmen", "Xianchi", "Dashao", "Daxia", "Daxi" and "Dawu". It is said that they were created by Huangdi, Yao, Shun, Yu and Shang respectively. The Six Ages of Week, also known as the Big Dance, are the joy of worshiping in suburban temples.

In addition, there were six Xiaowu in the Zhou Dynasty.

The most representative example of elegant music in the Tang Dynasty was the "Twelve Harmonies". In the Kaiyuan Dynasty, three harmonies were created, making a total of fifteen harmonies.

In addition, "Qin Wang's Breaking Formation Music", "Qingshan Music" and "Shangyuan Music", which are independent of Shiwuhe and ancient music, are also included in the scope of Tang Yale.

Among them, "Qin King's Breaking Formation Song" has an exciting sound, "Qingshan Music" is slow and detailed, and "Shangyuan Music" is soothing and elegant. In fact, it is more in line with the artistic taste of the people at that time.

The Song Dynasty's own elegant music, since the official announcement of the restructuring of the imperial court in the third year of Yuanfeng, the introduction of the twelve equal temperaments, has undergone huge changes that are completely different from those of the previous dynasty.

More musical instruments have been introduced, and more music clubs have been introduced. Now, in addition to the "South China Sea Tide Rising" newly added in the third year of Yuanfeng, there are two more "Qilian Snow" and "Jiangheyuan" to record the recovery of Ningxia and Movements of the Qing and Tang Dynasties.

In addition, the "Music Score of the Book of Songs" that is still being created by the Conservatory of Music is equally important. Based on the "Music Score of the Twelve Book of Songs" that the Song Dynasty court had already created, many additions were made. Li Qiande had previously played it for Gao Taotao. "Si Qi" is one of them.

What is being played in the auditorium now is "Shang Song·Xuanniao".

This is a song for the Song Dynasty, a descendant of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, to worship their ancestor Wu Ding. The whole poem is about the Shang Dynasty who were ordered by heaven to govern the country. The whole poem has ancient origins, solemn divinity, pure emotions, and majestic momentum.

The creator and performer is Lu Ruo, the world's number one keyboard player.

The Song Dynasty was particularly tolerant of talented people. Although Lu Ruo came from a low background, he became a music teacher for princesses and princes. Now he has reached the hall of elegance with his talent for music.

The design of the auditorium is very clever. The sitting position in the middle of the lower part of the auditorium is the best place to enjoy the music.

Needless to say, the effect of the pipe organ on singing music was over. At the end of the song, the intoxicated Gao Taotao couldn't help but stand up and use the now popular applause to pay tribute to the musicians on the stage.

Everyone also stood up, and the auditorium burst into endless applause.

At the end of the tour, it was Zhao Xu who presented honors to this year’s Royal Academic Outstanding Contribution Award winners.

The first batch of winners are all well-deserved big names in the Song Dynasty. However, what makes people laugh or cry is that Zhang Xiangzhong, the director of the School of Chemistry, won the Physics Award, Chen Zhaoming, the School of Astronomy, won the Mathematics Award, Su Xiaomei, the School of Physics, won the Agricultural Science Award, and the Geography Award. College Zhao Zongyou won the Astronomy Award...

The winners of the first Song Dynasty Royal Academic Outstanding Contribution Award greatly promoted the academic atmosphere of "not doing business properly" in the capital universities. Subsequent bosses even started cruel competition among colleges.

It doesn’t matter if the college uses its own projects to win awards. When our college collects all the awards, we will be proud!

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Jiazi, the Lord of the Liao Dynasty was like a concubine in the Yangtze River. He went to the capital due to the bitter cold and was hungry in Nanjing. He was exempted from the fugitives in the capital and the taxes of poor households. He promised the good people of Nanjing to self-revere, and he was pardoned from serving as slaves in Xijing, Chunzhou and Taizhou. Those who lived in the capital were exempted for five years.

The Liao Kingdom couldn't even afford to maintain state slaves.

Jimao, rescued the poor in the six states of Su, Ji, Fu, Lu, Tie, and Qing, and exempted them from rent and taxes.

After years of famine, the treasury of the Liao State began to be tight. In Yiyou, Wang Jing, the newly appointed prime minister of the Southern Academy, reported to Yelu Hongji that he was determined to drink poison to quench his thirst and established a law to supplement the official affairs with millet.

Those who pay two thousand shi of millet can be appointed as governors, three thousand shi can be appointed as magistrates, and those who pay five thousand shi can be appointed as ministers!

As soon as this order came out, the entire southern courtyard of the Liao Kingdom immediately became the domain of comprador merchants along the coast, and the political system of the Liao Kingdom began to rot from the roots.

In the second month of the lunar month, Yiyou, there is a long period of yin, so I stopped repairing the Jinmingchi Bridge Hall and reduced the roads to provide regular offerings to the emperor.

Zuo Si Jian Feng Ji took the opportunity to report to Wang Hao, and Jing Wang Bo tried to order the horses on the road of Chengdu to bear the brocade lichen, thinking that it was a luxury, and the officials were ordered to correct their sins.

The imperial court launched an investigation, and the final result was that the two kings allocated 3,000 guan to Wang Wenshu, but Wang Wenshu only gave 1,000 guan to the Chengdu Prefecture. Liu Zhongshou, the general magistrate of Chengdu Prefecture, asked Guanjinyuan to make 5,000 guan of fabrics.

Wang Wenshu and Liu Zhongshou were both demoted.

Su You reported that the two kings promoted the School of Economics and the Medical College of the Capital University, which were originally on the list of commendations. The Empress Dowager crossed the two kings from the list because of their lineage. Now they are only guilty of extravagance and are exempt from punishment. .

However, the memorial was dismissed by Gao Taotao, who believed that the Tian family should take the lead, be unselfish, and be extremely harsh, and fined the two kings a year's salary.

However, Fengji did not get a good deal, so he gave up his post and became a businessman for the emperor.

In the vacant position, Gao Taotao asked Lu Gongzhu: "Of all the good deeds of Corporal Sima Guangmen who can be appointed as admonishers, which one should be used first?"

Lu Gongzhu recommended Liu Anshi, so Gao Taotao appointed his secretary, provincial Zhengzi Liu Anshi, as Youzhengyan.

In March, Bingchen, Sikong Zhishi, Kang Guogong, Han Jiang died, and his posthumous title was Xiansu.

Another big shot comes to an end.

Han Jiang's life was full of contradictions, so contradictory that even after his death, no one knew which party he belonged to.
Chapter completed!